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AG slams Rowley
Opposition leader Dr Keith Rowley comes under fire from Attorney General Anand Ramlogan for suggesting that the Peoples Partnership term comes to an end on June 17th 2015.
Mr Ramlogan describes the statements as reckless and irresponsible.
The AG’s’s office quotes Dr Rowley as saying that the current five (5) year term of the Peoples Partnership government ends on 17 June 2015 and that the subsequent ninety-day provision for calling elections can only be used in cases of emergencies.
Today Mr Ramlogan says he is amazed by the opposition’s reasoning.
The AG says Dr. Rowley is simply trying to blindside the public.
Energy Minister says dip in oil price will not hurt revenue
Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine assures his Government’s projected revenue stream has not been compromised by the drop in global oil prices.On Monday oil prices fell below US$80 a barrel. Trinidad and Tobago’s national budget is pegged at an oil price of US$80 and a gas price of US$2.75 per mmbtu. There has been an approximate $30 drop in oil prices in the last few months, from a high of US$115 a barrel in June.
Yesterday, United States oil futures ended trading in New York at US$82.20 per barrel.
Speaking following the launch of the Oil and Gas Expo and Conference, yesterday, Mr Ramnarine said there was no need to panic. He said there has been an increase in the number of barrels of oil produced per day this month. He said, “we recorded 85,000 barrels of oil per day in the month of October, which is a pretty healthy number.”
Suspended TCL workers re-instated
All suspended Trinidad Cement Ltd workers have been reinstated.
Yesterday, eleven workers were escorted by Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) president general Ancel Roget and executive members through the gates of the Claxton Bay cement producer. The workers were allowed back on the compound following discussions with the trade union and the company’s new board of directors.
The reinstatement of the workers yesterday was described as historic by the OWTU.
They were among workers who faced disciplinary action after 600 employees walked off the job over stalled wage negotiations in 2012.
“We feel very vindicated this morning, the OWTU and the workers of TCL. This morning ten out of 11 workers returned to work. The only reason why it don’t have all 11 going to work this morning is simply because one of those workers, I am informed, is out of the country,” he said.
Roget said the workers were within their rights to take strike action in 2012.
US rapper and Sugarhill Gang founder member dies at 57
Big Bank Hank, the NY rapper who as part of the Sugar Hill gang, released what is generally regarded as the first rap record has died at the age of 57.
According to reports the performer, real name Henry Jackson, died from kidney complications due to cancer. Jackson formed the Sugarhill Gang with Master Gee and Wonder Mic, having a big hit in 1979 with Rapper’s Delight.
The record sold several million copies worldwide and helped establish rap as the genre it is today. The full version of Rapper’s Delight ran nearly 16 minutes long and was recorded in a single take.
The song – famous for its “hip, hip, a hop” refrain – featured ‘Big Bank’ introducing himself as “six foot one and tons of fun”.
The trio continued to perform together and spent three weeks in the UK singles chart in 1982 with The Lover In You.
Jackson’s death was reported by website TMZ and confirmed to Fox News by David Mallie, who manages the two remaining band members.
“So sad to hear of our brother’s passing,” said Wonder Mike and Master Gee in a statement. “Rest in peace Big Bank.”
Court hearing for Venezuelan judge put off again
A Venezuelan judge whose arrest has sparked international condemnation had her day in court postponed yet again.
Maria Lourdes Afiuni was arrested in 2009 after then-President Hugo Chavez objected to her decision to free a banker awaiting trial on charges of violating currency controls. The banker then fled the country and sought asylum in the U.S.
The middle-aged judge was allowed to leave jail in 2011, and freed from house arrest in 2013 on medical grounds as she battles cancer. But she still faces charges of corruption, abuse of authority and aiding an inmate’s escape.
She was scheduled to appear in court yesterday, but the hearing was put off by the court. Her trial has now been suspended for more than a year and her attorneys argue that the delay itself is illegal.
Opposition leaders consider Miz Afiuni among the country’s highest-profile political prisoners. Human rights officials from the United Nations and international groups including Amnesty International have called for her freedom. Venezuela’s government says it holds no political prisoners.
Venezuelan Francisco Olivares published a book saying Afiuni told him she was raped in prison in 2010, became pregnant and lost the fetus. Venezuela’s head of prisons rejected that allegation as a “vile lie.”
A day after Ms. Afiuni’s arrest, President Chavez said on television that she should face up to 30 years in prison and critics say the case exemplifies how President Chavez and now his successor, President Nicolas Maduro, have come to control the judiciary after increasing the size of courts and stocking them with friendly magistrates.
Similar allegations surround the government prosecution of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, who is held in a military prison despite demands by international organizations that he be freed.
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